Al-Muhamashīn
The Al-Muhamashīn (Arabic: المهمشين), "the marginalized ones"); previously called al-Akhdām, Akhdām or Achdām (Arabic: الأخدام) ("the servants", singular Khadem, meaning "servant" in Arabic), are an Arabic-speaking ethnic group whose members live in Yemen. Although the Muhamashīn are Arabic-speaking Muslims just like most other Yemenis, they are considered to be at the very bottom of the supposedly abolished caste ladder, they are socially segregated from other Yemenis and they are mostly confined to menial jobs in the country's major cities. According to unofficial estimates, the Muhamashīn number between 500,000 and 3,500,000 individuals.
Akhdam children in a Ta'izz neighborhood | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 500,000 - 3,500,000 (Unofficial sources) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sana'a, Aden, Ta'izz, Lahij, Abyan, Al Hudaydah, Mukalla | |
| Languages | |
| Yemeni Arabic | |
| Religion | |
| Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bantus, Afro-Arabs, Ethiopians, Nilotes and Yemeni Arabs |
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